They may call it the U.S. Open, but tennis officials don’t want to be too American.

They are steering clear of playing The Star-Spangled Banner before the daily matches, and opting for “America, the Beautiful” instead. The U.S. Tennis Association decided our national anthem sounded too pro-American and might make foreign players feel like the tournament was rooting for the “home team.”

“We decided to do ‘America, the Beautiful’ out of respect to all nations,” said spokeswoman Andrea Jayson. So this weekend, Diana Ross and Harry Connick Jr. will sing the non-anthem anthem.

* The angst Croatian player Goran Ivanisevic suffered from his three-set loss to Albert Costa was nothing compared to the shattered nerves he had telling his father he had gotten a tattoo.

His dad freaked out when he saw the shark and roses over a cross on his right shoulder.

“He was not a happy man, you know. He said to me, ‘Every Saturday night, they have a TV show on with hookers. And they also have tattoos!'” Ivanisevic said.

The father then turned his back on his tennis-ace son and didn’t say another word about it.

* *NSYNC members Justin Timberlake and Lance Bass are used to being pursued by teen girls.

So it was a real switcheroo the other night when the handsome boy-band headliners went out of their way to meet one of their idols – curvy court princess Martina Hingis. They seemed star-struck as they stood with Martina and gushed about what big fans they were.

Martina, for her part, was gracious and enjoyed the attention – but unlike other girls, she didn’t beg them for a date.

* “Sex and the City” star Kristin Davis – who’s been hanging with Alec “Bloviator” Baldwin in recent months – must have really been in seventh heaven at the Open. As she sat in the stands, Kristin was tightly sandwiched between boyfriend Alec and his brother Billy. And both brothers seemed to be paying equal amounts of attention to her.

* Players at the Open entertained a “friendly” audience yesterday – “Friends” star David Schwimmer. The gangly actor moved his head back and forth like a pendulum as he kept his eye on the ball.